Elin Manahan Thomas, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Harry Christophers - Eternal Light

Artist: Elin Manahan Thomas, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Harry Christophers
Album: Eternal Light

Europe

Classical

2007

Rating: 3.5

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Review by Robert Venegas

Eternal Light is a stunning classical album that showcases the talents of Elin Manahan Thomas, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, and Harry Christophers. The album is a collection of works by some of the greatest composers of the Baroque era, including Handel, Bach, and Vivaldi.

The album opens with Handel's "Eternal Source of Light Divine," a beautiful and uplifting piece that sets the tone for the rest of the album. Elin Manahan Thomas's voice is clear and pure, and she sings with a great deal of emotion and expression. The Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment provides a rich and vibrant accompaniment, and Harry Christophers conducts with great skill and sensitivity.

Other highlights of the album include Bach's "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," a joyful and celebratory piece that showcases both Thomas's vocal range and the orchestra's technical prowess. Vivaldi's "Nulla in mundo pax sincera" is a hauntingly beautiful piece that is full of emotion and depth, and Thomas's performance is simply breathtaking.

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Track	Duration	Preview
Vivaldi: Nulla in Mundo Pax Sincera, RV 630	5:54
Vivaldi: Dorilla In Tempe, RV 709: Dell'aura al sussurar	2:09
Monteverdi: Pur ti miro	4:50
Handel: "Ombra mai fu" (Serse), HWV 40	2:52
Dowland: Flow My Tears	4:05
Bach: Bist Du Bei Mir, BWV 508	2:50
Pergolesi: Salve Regina in F minor: Et Jesum	2:11
Handel: "Let The Bright Seraphim", HWV 57	5:09
Purcell: When I Am Laid In Earth (Dido's Lament)	4:41
Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7a / Act 2 - "Lascia ch'io pianga"	5:15
Bach: Aus Liebe will mein Heiland sterben	5:18
Bingen: Symphonia et Ordo virtutum: O Euchari, in leta via	1:43
Handel: "Where'er You Walk" (Semele), HWV 58	5:06
Handel: Eternal Source of Light Divine (Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne), HWV 74	3:50
Arne: Where the Bee Sucks	2:10
Dowland: Weepe you no more, sad fountaines	4:10

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4765970

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Universal Music Classics & Jazz

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Credits

Role	Credit
A&R	Tom Lewis
Conductor	Harry Christophers
Management	Anna Rowe
Music Librarian	Colin Kitching
Producer	Mark Brown
Edited By	Mark Brown
Mastered By	Mark Brown
Recorded By	Mike Hatch

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About Elin Manahan Thomas, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Harry Christophers

Thomas was born in 1977 in Gorseinon near Swansea, the daughter of M. Wynn Thomas OBE, a Professor of Literature at Swansea University, and Karen Thomas. She was educated at the Welsh-speaking Ysgol Gyfun Gŵyr in Gowerton near Swansea, and by the time she was fifteen was singing in the Swansea Bach Choir. She won a choral scholarship to Clare College, Cambridge University, where she gained a starred first in Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, and completed an MPhil. After auditioning to Sir John Eliot Gardiner she joined the Monteverdi Choir and in the year 2000 sang much of the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage. In 2001 she moved to pursue postgraduate vocal studies at the Royal College of Music in London. She went on to sing with The Sixteen, Polyphony, Cambridge Singers and The Gabrieli Consort, as well as pursuing a solo career. She is the first singer ever to record Bachs Alles mit Gott, a birthday ode written in 1713 and discovered in 2005. She first received great acclaim for her Pie Jesu on Naxos award-winning recording of the Rutter Requiem. In 2006 Elin married baritone opera-singer Robert Davies. The couple live in Brighton in Sussex, and have two sons.

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Elin M. Thomas
Elin Manahan
Elin Manahan Thomas, Soprano
Elin Manahan-Thomas

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Summary by Robert Venegas

Eternal Light is a must-have album for fans of classical music. The combination of Elin Manahan Thomas's stunning voice, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment's impeccable playing, and Harry Christophers's masterful conducting make this album a true masterpiece. Highly recommended.